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family who can do nothing but wait, watch and hope. >> we're the fong family. we want to provide a home to just at least one boy from russia and, you know, we have a home, we have a lovely family, we're hoping that all this can move forward and this will be the last christmas he's alone. >> reporter: in reference to this ban, the u.s. state department spokesman said, quote, it is misguided to link the feat of children to unrelated political considerations and said 60,000 russian children have been adopted into american homes in just the past two decades. if this ban is signed into law in russia, it could affect thousands more. in the newsroom, grace lee, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> the holidays put us all in more of a hurry as we all know but let's take a minute to slow down a little bit. dr. kim tells us why one bay area city actually launched a campaign this week to try and keep pedestrians safe. >>> reporter: step off the curb and you take your life in your hands. the cars and trucks, the motorcycles, the bikes. the latest threat? all those little gadgets. >> d
family who can do nothing but wait, watch and hope. >> we're the fong family. we want to provide a home to just at least one boy from russia and, you know, we have a home, we have a lovely family, we're hoping that all this can move forward and this will be the last christmas he's alone. >> reporter: in reference to this ban, the u.s. state department spokesman said, quote, it is misguided to link the feat of children to unrelated political considerations and said 60,000 russian...
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president fong: thank you. public comment, i have one card. >> martha mason, i am a pharmacist and i work for the comanche and try to improve the lives of the less fortunate. i have a letter in your that the neighbors have signed and some of them have written letters to the commissioners. we, the owners, residents of the block demarcated don't want this automotive repair shop to come here. this block has a lot of residents and families. we're aware of the -- what they pollution and chemicals can do to young children. we are aware of the extreme dangers this can cause to the unborn. there are enough [unintelligible] in the mission due to the fact that poor people with no power live here. we can out expect [unintelligible] to help us. to change decisions made for us without our consent by people with power with their own agenda. why don't they shops go to industrial park -- based shops go to industrial park? instead become to neighborhoods where people are struggling. this older -- auto people make life more diff
president fong: thank you. public comment, i have one card. >> martha mason, i am a pharmacist and i work for the comanche and try to improve the lives of the less fortunate. i have a letter in your that the neighbors have signed and some of them have written letters to the commissioners. we, the owners, residents of the block demarcated don't want this automotive repair shop to come here. this block has a lot of residents and families. we're aware of the -- what they pollution and...
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president fong: product sponsor? >> i have a quick comment. the drawings are just preliminary and could change. we are going to apply for a building permit. the fire department has to approve that and check that. also, from state social services, we have fire department coming in and making sure the exits meet all the requirements for access and safety before approval. commissioner moore: what you are expecting today is just the introductory use approval, and everything else follows? because i do see certain requirements that will not be easy to meet, but that is another story. thank you. commissioner sugaya: can i ask a question? there is a white stripe in front of the entrance to this facility at the moment. is that a legal white zone? it does not have the city's icons. >> it was pre-existing. we are going to redo it for two car slots. we are already gone to the application. commissioner sugaya: with respect to the motion, we have not specified -- let me put it another way. if we could be flexible and encourage the church and the project spo
president fong: product sponsor? >> i have a quick comment. the drawings are just preliminary and could change. we are going to apply for a building permit. the fire department has to approve that and check that. also, from state social services, we have fire department coming in and making sure the exits meet all the requirements for access and safety before approval. commissioner moore: what you are expecting today is just the introductory use approval, and everything else follows?...
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ben fong torrez wrote about her in 1958 for gq. he says the more recent events in her life should not overshadow her music. >> she had tremendous success. seven straight number one singles in the 80s and to continue to come back and come back again despite the problems. >> with her death, fans are coming to terms with the fact that another return will never happen. >> i listen -- looked at her recently, and she looked good. she totally expected her to come back. >> in san francisco, abc-7 news. >> celebrities are also sharing their grief over the passing of whitney houston. >> whitney houston was my favorite singer. i thought she had the best natural female voice i ever heard, before or since. >> what a tragedy. what a terrible, terrible tragedy. >> my heart goes out to her daughter. i lost my mom when i was 18, and i know the road ahead for her. >> lots of reaction tonight on facebook. mary says, there goes another great star, so young, and janice says, true tragedy. to share your thoughts and get the latest updates go to abc7news
ben fong torrez wrote about her in 1958 for gq. he says the more recent events in her life should not overshadow her music. >> she had tremendous success. seven straight number one singles in the 80s and to continue to come back and come back again despite the problems. >> with her death, fans are coming to terms with the fact that another return will never happen. >> i listen -- looked at her recently, and she looked good. she totally expected her to come back. >> in...
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have a message for the russian people. >> we're the fong family. we want to provide a home to just at least one boy from russia, and we have a home we have a loving family. we're hoping that all this can move forward and this will be the last christmas he's alone. >> reporter: but the fongs and hundreds of other american families may lose the chance to share their love with a child from russia. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, san francisco. >> could you imagine if you're a child waiting for this and a family waiting and this goes on for years and years and years and you're just caught in the middle of that system? >> such a good point. all of those orphans in russia who could have had >>> we are going to see on and off rain throughout the morning into the afternoon. here's live look at conditions over san jose. we will see brief dry breaks as you can see but our hi-def doppler still very busy. let's zoom in on a heavier pocket right now, looks like it's moving over the richmond/san rafael bridge. moderate to heavy rain in portions of mill
have a message for the russian people. >> we're the fong family. we want to provide a home to just at least one boy from russia, and we have a home we have a loving family. we're hoping that all this can move forward and this will be the last christmas he's alone. >> reporter: but the fongs and hundreds of other american families may lose the chance to share their love with a child from russia. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, san francisco. >> could you...
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. >> we're fong family. we are want to provide a home to at least one boy from russia and, you know, we have a home, we have a loving family, we're hoping that all this can move forward and this will be the last christmas he's alone. >> the law signed today was russia's response to president obama's anticorruption law. it denies russian officials from getting u.s. visas if they were associated with human rights violations. >>> it's 6:20. coming up, what a turnaround story for san jose state's spartan football. >> quite a game yesterday. preparing for the big rose parade next week. how volunteers are getting those floats ready to shine on new year's day coming up. >> this is a great weekend to hit the slopes, good skiing conditions. >> we'll have much more on our rainy forecast coming up after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, wins in one season.. they >>> it's been more than 70 years since the spartans had 11 wins in one season. they had a chance to do it again yesterday at the military bowl in washington, d.c. we got th
. >> we're fong family. we are want to provide a home to at least one boy from russia and, you know, we have a home, we have a loving family, we're hoping that all this can move forward and this will be the last christmas he's alone. >> the law signed today was russia's response to president obama's anticorruption law. it denies russian officials from getting u.s. visas if they were associated with human rights violations. >>> it's 6:20. coming up, what a turnaround story...